Zion Crossroads is an

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in Louisa and Fluvanna counties of

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. It is at the intersections of James Madison Highway (

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) and Three Notch Road (

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passes one-half mile to the northeast.

History

When the U.S. Highway System was created in 1928, U.S. Route 250 was originally routed from

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. In 1934, the route was expanded southward and eastward to

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, from West Virginia. The name "Zion Crossroads" was probably created from the nearby Zion United Methodist Church when the new U.S. Route 250 crossed U.S. Route 15 in the 1930s. Zion Cross Roads was a sleepy little intersection of U.S. Route 15 and U.S. Route 250 with a motel, gas station, restaurant, and grocery store until

opened in the early 1970s. The interstate led to further development, and by 2000 developer Charles D. Kincannon proposed to build 1200 homes and a golf course to accompany the gas stations, convenience stores and fast food eateries. The problem was lack of water, although a Kincannon affiliated company bought about 140 acres at

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about 3 miles away and began pumping water to the new development.https://www.styleweekly.com/waters-run-deep/

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made huge improvements to the infrastructure and the area developed in the early 2000s into a major retail and business center to include the Walmart Distribution Center, hotels, restaurants, and the Spring Creek Golf Community development. A major improvement to the traffic flow of the area was made when a

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was completed by the

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in 2014. The Fluvanna County water tower just south of the county line had the 10th best water tower art from a poll by Tnemec in 2020. The art has also become

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's new county logo.

Landmarks

About miles north is

Green Springs National Historic Landmark District Green Springs National Historic Landmark District is a national historic district in Louisa County, Virginia noted for its concentration of fine rural manor houses and related buildings in an intact agricultural landscape. Admitted to the N ...

, a U.S.

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. The Fluvanna County Seat of

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is to the south.

References

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